From 372be2d2e8fe8d607011aa7e2b2fca99eeea007d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Patricio Cano Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2016 18:43:14 -0500 Subject: Added CHANGELOG item and documentation. --- doc/workflow/lfs/lfs_administration.md | 4 ++-- doc/workflow/lfs/manage_large_binaries_with_git_lfs.md | 8 ++++++++ 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'doc') diff --git a/doc/workflow/lfs/lfs_administration.md b/doc/workflow/lfs/lfs_administration.md index 9dc1e9b47e3..b3c73e947f0 100644 --- a/doc/workflow/lfs/lfs_administration.md +++ b/doc/workflow/lfs/lfs_administration.md @@ -45,5 +45,5 @@ In `config/gitlab.yml`: * Currently, storing GitLab Git LFS objects on a non-local storage (like S3 buckets) is not supported * Currently, removing LFS objects from GitLab Git LFS storage is not supported -* LFS authentications via SSH is not supported for the time being -* Only compatible with the GitLFS client versions 1.1.0 or 1.0.2. +* LFS authentications via SSH was added with GitLab 8.12 +* Only compatible with the GitLFS client versions 1.1.0 and up, or 1.0.2. diff --git a/doc/workflow/lfs/manage_large_binaries_with_git_lfs.md b/doc/workflow/lfs/manage_large_binaries_with_git_lfs.md index 9fe065fa680..1a4f213a792 100644 --- a/doc/workflow/lfs/manage_large_binaries_with_git_lfs.md +++ b/doc/workflow/lfs/manage_large_binaries_with_git_lfs.md @@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ Documentation for GitLab instance administrators is under [LFS administration do credentials store is recommended * Git LFS always assumes HTTPS so if you have GitLab server on HTTP you will have to add the URL to Git config manually (see #troubleshooting) + +>**Note**: With 8.12 GitLab added LFS support to SSH. The Git LFS communication + still goes over HTTP, but now the SSH client passes the correct credentials + to the Git LFS client, so no action is required by the user. ## Using Git LFS @@ -132,6 +136,10 @@ git config --add lfs.url "http://gitlab.example.com/group/project.git/info/lfs" ### Credentials are always required when pushing an object +>**Note**: With 8.12 GitLab added LFS support to SSH. The Git LFS communication + still goes over HTTP, but now the SSH client passes the correct credentials + to the Git LFS client, so no action is required by the user. + Given that Git LFS uses HTTP Basic Authentication to authenticate the user pushing the LFS object on every push for every object, user HTTPS credentials are required. -- cgit v1.2.1